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1 ♦ variation
♦ variation /vɛərɪˈeɪʃn/n. [uc]1 (biol., mat., stat., mus.) variazione: variation of species, variazione della specie; variations on a theme by Vivaldi, variazioni su un tema di Vivaldi2 (econ.) variazione; oscillazione: a variation in supply, una variazione dell'offerta; variation in price, variazione di prezzo4 variante: It's a variation on the traditional fruit cake, è una variante del tradizionale «fruit cake»; a variation on the theme, una variazione sul tema5 (astron., geogr.) declinazione magnetica: variation compass, bussola di declinazione; declinometro.
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variation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, dramatic, enormous, extreme, great, major, marked, significant, substantial, tremendous, wide … Collocations dictionary
variation — by Jonathan Roffe Deleuze mobilises the concept of variation in order to insist on what is perhaps his most fundamental theme, that existence is not characterised primarily by unities, but rather by a continual sense of movement and change.… … The Deleuze dictionary
variation — by Jonathan Roffe Deleuze mobilises the concept of variation in order to insist on what is perhaps his most fundamental theme, that existence is not characterised primarily by unities, but rather by a continual sense of movement and change.… … The Deleuze dictionary
Species of Psittacosaurus — Seventeen species have been assigned to the extinct ceratopsian dinosaur genus Psittacosaurus , although only nine to eleven are considered valid.Xu Xing Zhao Xijin. (1999). Psittacosaur fossils and their stratigraphical implications. In: Wang Y … Wikipedia